DOLL MAGICK

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I once knew a man who spent half-an-hour every evening playing with a wooden doll, which was dressed to resemble a local woman who could “do things”. Time after time he would thrust the little image into the fireplace, until the feet touched the glowing embers, and then snatch it out again. The expression on his face was most unpleasant. I am quite indifferent to the ordinary superstitions of the hill folk. I visit graveyards at night, shoot cats on occasion, and burn sassafras wood without a tremor. And yet, something akin to horror gripped me, as I watched the witch master’s sadistic foolery. I should not care to have that man burning a poppet wrapped in my undershirt (Randolph, 1947, pp. 288-289, as cited by Alvarado 2014 in the Voodoo Doll Spellbook).

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The Voodoo hexing doll is a doll created to represent an intended victim and used as a vehicle for placing an obtrusive, dark magic curse upon the person with the intent of causing them harm. An image is created out of cloth or wax, the victim’s name is carved into the wax, and the doll is then melted over a flame or pricked with pins while an incantation is uttered. A common style of hexing doll in New Orleans was created out of black fabric or a piece of the victim’s clothing, with the victim’s name written on a piece of paper and placed into a slit in the back of the doll. The conjurer would place cayenne pepper or any number of other kinds of gris gris inside the doll as well, and the doll was then sewn up. The doll would then be bound with cat gut or twine, buried, tortured, or burned according to the perpetrator’s will.

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Using dolls and effigies in sympathetic magic rituals is as old as humankind. More often than not, ritual dolls and effigies were used for healing, fertility, and empowerment. In some cultures such as ancient Greece, they were used to bind enemies. European poppets were widely used in folk magic and witchcraft to curse an enemy. Other types of dolls were used in harvest customs and burial rites, made as talismans, or used as teaching aids for children. Today, Voodoo dolls are used for all of these reasons and more.

This course explores doll baby conjure throughout history and across cultures and guides students in making several distinct types of magical dolls and how to use them. Topics covered include: the history of doll magic, how to make magical dolls, and how to use dolls in conjure. Learn more about Doll Baby Conjure.